| NAME |
: Jim Hopkins |
| Phone |
: 864-487-6283 or 864-380-7769 |
| Email Address |
: jhopkins@hamrickmills.com |
| Company |
: HAMRICK MILLS |
| Company Website |
: www.hamrickmills.com |
| Title/Responsibilites |
: SALES/MARKETING MGR. Responsible for ongoing sales, customer expansion, marketing of current and new products/services, product/market development. |
| Trade Shows/Meetings |
MAGIC, Las Vegas - Feb. and Aug.
AAPN - Savannah, GA - Mar 22-24
Material World - Miami - April 21-23
Vestex - Guatemala - May 19-21
Cotton USA Sourcing Fair - June 8-12
Colombiamoda, Medellin - July 28-31
Outdoor Retailer - SLC - Feb. and Aug.
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| Company Strengths |
Vertical manufacturer of light weight to medium weight Poly/Cotton and 100% cotton woven fabrics.
Licensed weavers of Dri- Release and Cocona technologies.
Environmentally conscious and eco-friendly textile manufacturer serving the apparel, home furnishing, and industrial markets.
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Education: NCSU, BS Textile Technology 1980
Experience: J.P.Stevens - Industrial Fabrics Division
JPS Textile Group - Cotton Industrial and Apparel Division,
Chiquola Industrial Fabrics - Cotton/Industrial/FR Products,
Hamrick Mills - Apparel,Home Furnishings, Industrial Sales
Background: Experience in manufacturing, marketing, and sales of woven textiles for applications in apparel, home furnishings, and industrial markets. Have been involved in textiles for applications in printed circuitry, tarps, awnings, coated products, athletic tapes, technical textiles, FR products, as well as shirtings, pocketings, interlinings, career apparel, sheetings, and mattress and comforter backings. Knowledge of physical properties of textile fibers, yarns, and woven fabrics and the testing protocols for measurement of those properties.
Also experienced in converting, dyeing and finishing, and test protocols for measuring finished fabric properties.
Specialty: Market/Product/Customer Development, Problem Solving
Jim's Opinion: When your company's business is strong, that is the optimum time to develop new products, develop new customers, and penetrate new markets...establish new contacts to add to your network. If you wait until the business climate is weak and your company is struggling, it is probably too late to recover. Extend your network of contacts continuously...in business and in life, you can never have too many friends. At the end of the day, it will always be, not how much you know, but who you know...what and who they know, and what they think you know.
Try to stay ahead of the curve and innovate as you go. By doing so, you can reap continuous benefits.
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